Pipe Dreams (1976)
Gladys Knight: Maria Wilson
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Quotes
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[first lines]
Maria's Mama : You're going *where*?
Maria Wilson : Alaska, Mama.
Maria's Mama : Really? Are there any black people in Alaska?
Maria Wilson : Black people are everywhere, Mama.
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Mike Thompson : You start tomorrow night, 6:00 PM sharp. Wear something a little revealing - that can boost the morale.
Maria Wilson : I'm old enough to know how to dress.
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Maria Wilson : Rough, huh?
Sally : Well, no rougher than shovelin' shit or herd a hungry steers.
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Maria Wilson : How much should I ask for?
The Duke : Don't take less than seven hundred a week.
Maria Wilson : Seven hu--? For a bartender? God dog!
[whistles]
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Maria Wilson : Yeah, well, we gonna do some talkin' before I do some walkin'.
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Rob Wilson : Look, you file for divorce yet?
Maria Wilson : Just like you told me.
Rob Wilson : Is it final?
Maria Wilson : No.
Rob Wilson : Well, I still got papers on you; so, you get your little booty from behind that bar right now. I ain't havin' no woman of mine tendin' no bar in Alaska.
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Rob Wilson : Its gonna be me and you together.
Maria Wilson : Me and you together.
Rob Wilson : You ain't in front of me.
Maria Wilson : I'm not in front of you.
Rob Wilson : And I ain't in front of you.
Maria Wilson : You're not in front of me.
Rob Wilson : And you ain't behind me.
Maria Wilson : Not behind me.
Rob Wilson : And I ain't behind you.
Maria Wilson : I'm not behind you.
Rob Wilson : You got that?
Maria Wilson : You got that?
Rob Wilson : Neck and neck, all the way down.
Maria Wilson : Neck and neck, all the way down.
Rob Wilson : All the way down.
Maria Wilson : All the way down.
Rob Wilson : Neck and neck.
Maria Wilson : Neck and...
Rob Wilson : You got that?
Maria Wilson : You got that.
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Rob Wilson : You gotta run somebody, don't you. All the time. You gotta run 'em.
Maria Wilson : I don't wanna run you. I want us to run together.
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Rob Wilson : Baby, you know I love your Mama. She a good old soul.
Maria Wilson : I love my Mama too. And you didn't marry my Mama. You married me!
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Rob Wilson : It's hard to kick somebody out that's been livin' with you for six months, you know.
Maria Wilson : Oh, it's easy to forget somebody you been married to for five years?
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Maria Wilson : Come on wit your lie.
Rob Wilson : I ain't got no lie. I'm human. I been up here a long time. And, baby, you just got to understand that. That's all.
Maria Wilson : Oh, human. Why do men always have to be so "human"? Suppose I shacked up wit a man for six months? Would you understand that?
Rob Wilson : No, I wouldn't understand it. I probably'd ring your little neck.
Maria Wilson : Oh, I'm supposed to ring your neck now, huh?
Rob Wilson : No, I'm a man. And that's different.
Maria Wilson : Oh, the old favorite. Look, when I came up here, I came up here with you in mind and when I got here you knew it! Oh, I knew I had a little housecleaning to do. But, I sho didn't know your house was gonna be this dirty.
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Maria Wilson : Maybe I got used to sleeping by myself.
Rob Wilson : Well, I didn't. So, I think you better get your little booty back in this bed where it belongs.
Maria Wilson : Nah, it's not gonna be that easy, this time.
Rob Wilson : It wasn't easy last time, neither.
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Maria Wilson : You got a lady back in town?
The Duke : Yeah. But, I don't think I want you to meet her.
Maria Wilson : Why not?
The Duke : She's not exactly the kind I'd want to show off in the lower 48.
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Rob Wilson : I want all of that. I want to keep it all. I'm selfish. But, most of all, I want my little daughter to be proud of her daddy.
Maria Wilson : Proud of what chu got? Or, proud of how you got it?